As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

